Generic Column Template - Column Template Conditions

Question

Hi,
I have the following sql report snippet (as an example):
select a,b,c,apex_item.checkbox(1,active_flag,DECODE (active_flag, 'Y', 'CHECKED','')) as "Active"
from tableA
Attached to this report, is a report template which I am trying to attach Column Template Conditions as I basically want to display all rows that have an active flag of 'N' as red or leave as default colour but unfortunately I can't seem to get this to work.
I believe my Column Template Expressions are not correct as I have also tried "ACTIVE" = 'N' and still no luck.
I have the following setup within the Generic Column Template, i,e:
Column Template 1 = <td class="t12datavalue"#ALIGNMENT# style="background:red">#COLUMN_VALUE#</td>
Column Template 1 Condition = Use based on PL/SQL Expression
Column Template 1 Expression = '#1' = 'N'
Column Template 1 = <td class="t12datavalue"#ALIGNMENT#>#COLUMN_VALUE#</td>
Column Template 1 Condition = Use based on PL/SQL Expression
Column Template 1 Expression = '#1' <> 'N'
Any ideas what I could be missing?
Thanks,
Tony.

Answer 1

Hi Tony,
I think the issue here might be because the field you are trying to evaluate in the column template is a Check box. I tried this and it worked :-
select a,b,c,apex_item.checkbox(1,active_flag,DECODE (active_flag, 'Y', 'CHECKED','')) as "Active",active_flag
from tableA
In the report attributes set the second active_flag column to not show (i.e. the one that is not the check box).
In the Column Template
Column Template 1 = <td class="t12datavalue"#ALIGNMENT# style="background:red">#COLUMN_VALUE#</td>
Column Template 1 Condition = Use based on PL/SQL Expression
Column Template 1 Expression = '#ACTIVE_FLAG#'='N'
Column Template 1 = <td class="t12datavalue"#ALIGNMENT#>#COLUMN_VALUE#</td>
Column Template 1 Condition = Use based on PL/SQL Expression
Column Template 1 Expression = '#ACTIVE_FLAG#'='Y'
Regards
Paul